Yesterday I had a total of 6 kids spend the night. The plan was to enjoy a leisurely day at the pool--thinking it would be that easy jinxed my plan from the get go...Note to self: Positive thinking as a Mommy only causes bad juju! From now on I'm going to lower my expectations....We set out in my mommy bus and headed to pool choice #1: closed for maintenance. Pool choice #2: closed for a special event. Pool choice #3: group swim lessons-no swimming. Pool #4: too "babyish" per the kids. Pool #5: just plain gross with a duck floating in it....by this point the growing frustration was palpable and everyone was whining, "I'm hot!" "This stinks!" "I'm bored!" I couldn't stand the constant flurry of complaints...."Let's find a good song on the radio," I tried to offer with a cheery voice. Good Lord, NOT that C Lo Green song again...switch station...."I brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack..." and not that skanky Kesha song....."Mom, I love that song put it back," my 10 year old demanded.
Awesome...just the lyrics I want you singing......with no ideas and the tribe growing restless, I offered up the $20 in my bag and a free-for-all at 7-11. We pulled into the convenient store and one by one they ran in with my 20 bucks. I had no idea what they were buying....slurpees and candy: the ultimate sugar rush...Red Bull, and cigarettes? I had no idea and I didn't care. I was just happy to steal 2 minutes of quiet time before they piled back in the car. Out they came with an arsenal of funyons, chocolate, slurpees, gum, etc.....I still had 6 hours to go with this 2LiveCrew and we had nothing to do and no pools to visit.........Where was Alice the housekeeper? I needed her!
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